Showing posts with label Reduce Salted Food Can Prevent Headaches. Show all posts
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Thursday, December 11, 2014

Reduce Salted Food Can Prevent Headaches

According to new research, reducing salt intake of three grams per day can reduce the risk of headache.

As reported by the Daily Mail, Friday (12.12.2014), three grams of salt equivalent to about half a teaspoon, or equal to the amount of salt that is found in a Big Mac and large fries from McDonalds fast food restaurants.

Experts say that reducing salt intake can reduce headaches by lowering blood pressure and pulse. Even people with normal blood pressure, also undergo changes when they reduce food with salt.

Nearly 400 people with diverse dietary habits, consuming nearly nine grams of salt a day, as the average salt intake of the US population. Habits are reduced to six grams a day, before finally reduced to three grams per day during the period of the experiment.